The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-02-09
HARD FATE OF 4 spo1LER
The Rstributlon wrought Upon Would.
BE Thief by q Flock OF Wild Pigs.

Richard Roberts, q Mafylander, and
ono OF the first settlers of Knox County,
Ohio, was wont to tell with great glee
the story OF an adventure he once had
In the Owl Creek bottoms among the
wild hogs. His story was as follows:
II was out deer-hunting one day In
the Owl Creek bottoms, when all at once
! heard, far away In the woods, an as
tonishing roaring and boob boohinv
OF hogs.
what In thunder was up with the
critters / couldn't conjecture, but de-
termined to find out.
.sIt was q wet, drizzly day, and
could get along over the leaves without
making the slightest noise. ! scooted
along from tree to tree, and at last came
to q place where there appeared to be
about two acres of wild hogs.
.'Such a grand gathering of hogs ]
had never seen before, and have never
seen since All had their bristles up,
and all were boob booh-boohing their
fiercest. There we're white hogs, black
hogs, sandy hogs, spotted hogs. and
hogs Of all sizes, colors, and degrees OF
cussedness.
Mad? They we're Just raglng-froth-
ing at the mouth and chainping their
teeth ut fearful ratel A sort Of steam
or fog rose out of the wet hair Of that
mass OF enraged beasts that filed all
the woods with an almost overpowerlng
smell OF mad hogs
"what the cause of all this commo-
ton was was not long In discovering.
Out in the midst Of the great convention
Of hogs stood big oak stump about Ave
feDtihiaE, AID n the center VI tneStump
stood big gray wolf--as gaunt, hungry
fonktnfr haaof "a evnf
:" He was handsomely treod by the
hogs, and wasn't very pleasantly stu
ated, as he was beginning TO find out.
All about him was sward OF uneasy
hair, and thousands OF cruel eyes, froth-
! Ing mouths, and cleaning teeth.
.There he stood-his tail tucked close
between his legs, and all his feet gath
cred into the exact centre OF the stump
and gosh, wasn't he sick-looklng
wolf! He seemed to be thinking that
he had sold himself awful cheap.
&" Close about the stump and rairin' up
against 1t was crowd Of the biggest
aud most unprincipled old sows that /
ever set eyes upon.
EVERY half minute one OF these would
rear up. get her fore feet on the top OF
the stump, and make savage snap at
one end or the other Of the wolf. her
teeth clashing together like the jaws OF
" The wolf would whIrf round to watch
that particular hog. when one on the
other side OF the stump would make a
plunge for his tail, and SO they kept the
poor, cowardly, cornered critter whirl-
Ing round and round.
n He had all he wanted to do at hnul-
Ing in his feet and tail, humping his
back, and In every possible way reducing
his average. I'll bet his entire innards
were drawn up into bunch not bigger
than my fist
/" Almost every instant there was a
charge made upon him from some quar-
ter, and sometimes from three or four
directions at the same moment. Wasn't
| 1t hurrying times with him then!
when the poor wretch had a moment
In which to rest and gaze about him, all
he saw was those two acres Of restless
bristles, open mouths, and fiery eyes.
His long red tongue hung out OF his
| open jaws, and as he uneasily moved his
head from side 10 side he seemed to have
about the poorest opinion Of hts smart
ness OF any wolf ever saw.
I" He had got himself into pretty
| pickle by trying TO steal pig, and he
knew X Just as well as II he had been a
human tHitfs anu WIS dbHaiuou VI iiHi-
self cordingly, No quarter could he
hope for anywhere among those open.
upturned, roaring mouths.
"Such was the noise, charging and
rushing TO and fro, that hardly felt
safe behind my tree, one hundred yards
| away.
I determined to try an experiment
on that wolf. raised my gun and free
| It In the air.
"At the report the critter forgot him
sell. He bounded from the stump at the
crack OF my rife, but he never touched
! ground. Halt dozen big mouths
| Reached up for him. and In them hs
| launched.
"There was Just one sharp yelp, ther
| for q rod around were seen flying strips
| Of wolf skin, innards, legs, and hair-sol
half minute was heard crunching o
bones, and then those old sows were
licking their chops, raisin' up onto tn,
stump and hunting about for more wo,f
"About that time I thought there
might be some scouting out In my dire
tlon. and / peeled 1t for the neares
clearing"